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Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
Ownership will become cumbersome once self-driving cars are conclusively proven to be safer and less accident prone than human drivers.
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There's nothing stopping people from owning self-driving cars. The future debate is whether they will be privately owned or used in fleet service.
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The insurance cost difference between automated vehicles and Joe Bumblefoot will likely be a major factor in near-total adoption of automated cars.
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Which means privately owned self-driving cars are cheaper to operate as well. Historically, anything that made cars cheaper to operate has increased their ownership rate.